PDHA1 Orchestrates Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression Through LINC00607-Mediated Regulation of Cuproptosis and Immune Evasion.

Background: Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 alpha 1 (PDHA1) is aberrantly expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but its molecular mechanisms in cancer progression remain incompletely understood.

Methods: Comprehensive gain- and loss-of-function studies were performed in multiple HCC cell lines. RNA immunoprecipitation and molecular analyses were used to identify protein-RNA interactions.

Analysis of the Application of Laparoscopic Peritoneal Lavage and Drainage in the Early Treatment of Severe Acute Pancreatitis.

Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy of laparoscopic peritoneal lavage and drainage (LPLD) in the early stage of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) and its potential role in reversing organ failure.

Methods: This study involved 79 patients diagnosed with severe acute pancreatitis with ascites, who were admitted to Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities between January 2020 and May 2024. Based on the intervention strategy, the patients were categorized into 2 groups: the abdominal paracentesis drainage (APD) group (n=42) and the LPLD group (n=37).

Prognostic analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma based on cuproptosis -associated lncRNAs.

Objectives: Cuproptosis represents an innovative type of cell death, distinct from apoptosis, driven by copper dependency, yet the involvement of copper apoptosis-associated long non-coding RNAs (CRLncRNAs) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear. This study is dedicated to unveiling the role and significance of these copper apoptosis-related lncRNAs within the context of HCC, focusing on their impact on both the development of the disease and its prognosis.

Methods: We conducted an analysis of gene transcriptomic and clinical data for HCC cases by sourcing information from The Cancer Genome Atlas database.

LINC00707 impairs the Natural Killer cell antitumour activity in hepatocellular carcinoma through decreasing YTHDF2 stability.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most frequently diagnosed cancer and ranks third in cancer-related fatalities. The recognized involvement of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in several cancer types, including HCC, inspired this study to explore a novel lncRNA's functional importance in the progression of HCC. To achieve this, lncRNA microarray analysis was conducted on three distinct sets of HCC tissues, revealing LINC00707 as the most significantly upregulated lncRNA.

Identification of a Five Immune Term Signature for Prognosis and Therapy Options (Immunotherapy versus Targeted Therapy) for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Background: Immune microenvironment implicated in liver cancer development. Nevertheless, previous studies have not fully investigated the immune microenvironment in liver cancer.

Methods: The open-access data used for analysis were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA-LIHC) and the International Cancer Genome Consortium databases (ICGC-JP and ICGC-FR).

Downregulation of TPX2 impairs the antitumor activity of CD8+ T cells in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Targeting key genes that play dominant roles in T cell dysfunction is an efficient strategy for cancer immunotherapy. Here, we aimed to investigate the role of TPX2 in the antitumor effect of CD8 + T cells in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Flow cytometry was used to assay the level of cell surface markers and cytokines in T cells, through which we found that TPX2 was downregulated in HCC-infiltrating CD8 + T cells.

GFI1-Mediated Upregulation of LINC00675 as a ceRNA Restrains Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis by Sponging miR-942-5p.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common malignant liver tumor worldwide. Tumor recurrence and metastasis contribute to the bad clinical outcome of HCC patients. Substantial studies have displayed lncRNAs modulate various tumorigenic processes of many cancers.

CircCAMSAP1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression through miR-1294/GRAMD1A pathway.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers with high prevalence and mortality, and it has brought huge economic and health burden for the world. It is urgent to found novel targets for HCC diagnosis and clinical intervention. Circular RNA (circRNA) has been reported to participate in many cancer progressions including HCC, suggesting that circRNA might paly essential role in HCC initiation and progression.

Circ_0008305-mediated miR-660/BAG5 axis contributes to hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis.

Increasing circRNAs have attracted a lot of attention because of their significant biological effects in many diseases. It has been reported that circ_0008305 can modulate lung cancer progression. However, the association between circ_0008305 and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) needs to be well explored.

Identification of Driver Genes Regulating the T-Cell-Infiltrating Levels in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

The driver genes regulating T-cell infiltration are important for understanding immune-escape mechanisms and developing more effective immunotherapy. However, researches in this field have rarely been reported in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In the present study, we identified cancer driver genes triggered by copy number alterations such as , , , , and .

Long Non-coding RNA lnc-GNAT1-1 Suppresses Liver Cancer Progression via Modulation of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition.

Recent studies have investigated the modulatory roles of long non-coding RNAs in the onset and progression of liver cancer. The present study aimed to elucidate the role of lnc-GNAT1-1 in liver cancer development and to explore the underlying mechanisms. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed to measure the expression levels of lnc-GNAT1-1 in cancerous tissues from patients with liver cancer and in liver cancer cell lines.

Oxysophocarpine suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma growth and sensitizes the therapeutic blockade of anti-Lag-3 via reducing FGL1 expression.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an aggressive malignancy with limited effective treatments and ranks as the second most lethal tumor. Immunotherapy has brought great hope for HCC treatment. Oxysophocarpine is a bioactive alkaloid which poses various pharmacological functions including neuroprotective, anti-virus, anti-convulsant, and anti-nociception.

Exosome-transmitted long non-coding RNA suppresses the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Extracellular communication mediated by exosomes in a tumor microenvironment can substantially affect tumor progression. However, the effect of exosomal long non-coding RNA on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still unclear. In this study, expressions in patients with HCC and healthy controls were detected and compared.

LncRNA OIP5-AS1 interacts with miR-363-3p to contribute to hepatocellular carcinoma progression through up-regulation of SOX4.

Long noncoding RNA OIP5-AS1 has been observed to be increased in several cancers, however, its role and biological mechanism was poorly understood in HCC. Currently, we found OIP5-AS1 expression was upregulated in HCC cells compared with normal human liver cells. Knockdown of OIP5-AS1 suppressed HCC cell proliferation, induced cells cycle arrest and cells apoptosis.

miR-383 inhibits cell growth and promotes cell apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma by targeting IL-17 via STAT3 signaling pathway.

Objectives: Emerging microRNAs (miRNAs) are validated to take part in pathological processes, including numerous carcinomas. Currently, we focused on the functional role of miR-383 and interleukin-17 (IL-17) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and the underlying molecular mechanisms were also the emphases in our research.

Methods: We used reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) to measure the expression levels of miR-383 in 45 paired tumor tissues and adjacent non-tumor tissues extracted from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

The underlying pathophysiology association between the Type 2-diabetic and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Type 2-diabetic (T2D) disease has been reported to increase the incidence of liver cancer, however, the underlying pathophysiology is still not fully understood. Here, we aimed to reveal the underlying pathophysiology association between the T2D and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and, therefore, to find the possible therapeutic targets in the occurrence and development of HCC. The methylation microarray data of T2D and HCC were extracted from the Gene Expression Omnibus and The Cancer Genome Atlas.

DANCR contributed to hepatocellular carcinoma malignancy via sponging miR-216a-5p and modulating KLF12.

Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) differentiation antagonizing nonprotein coding RNA (DANCR) has been identified as an oncogene in several cancers. However, the biological function and role of DANCR in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remain unclear. Our current study aimed to investigate the detailed mechanism of DANCR in HCC.

LINC00707 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression through activating ERK/JNK/AKT pathway signaling pathway.

Increasing evidence has demonstrated that abnormal expression of lncRNA is correlated with various malignant tumors, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our current study was aimed to investigate the role of LINC00707 in HCC development. We observed that LINC00707 was upregulated in HCC cell lines compared with normal liver cell lines.